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OK, I get what you're saying and maybe you're right that ND might soften its original stance about pay-for-play, but so far I think they are being consistent with their original stance. The NCAA president's proposed plan is a last-ditch effort to keep the NIL model intact and as robust as...

I think you got this wrong. Getting paid to play by the university is NOT the same thing as individual athletes using their own resources to go out and use their names and likenesses to make money. Swarbrick was actually one of the first ADs to publically push for NIL several years ago before...

This is all true and I'd like to add that consistency from game to game, especially on the road, was a big problem. Think about the games that featured dumb penalties at inopportune times like NC St. and Duke. Think about the games where the OL inexplicably struggled like against Duke and...

Yes, this is a good point. Heading into this season it certainly looked like this year's schedule was going to be much tougher but now that the season has ended we should reassess. Several of the SOS ranking sites, including Colley Matrix and Sagarin, have ND's final '22 SOS ranked as tougher...

Citing 1 game in no way negates what happened during an entire season. Also, I would say the OL's performance against Louisville this year was worse than the OL performance against Marshall in '22 even after factoring in the fact Louisville had a stronger overall team - Marshall was weak overall...

So, because the offensive stats were better in '23 compared to '22, that means Parker was a better OC than Rees? Some of the '23 offensive stats are historically among the best of all time. Does that mean Parker is one of the best OC's of all time? Stats don't tell the whole story. They don't...

I made the point that the '23 OL could be mainly characterized as sporadic, and yes, I think the OL was better in '22 than '23 despite what the overall offensive stats might indicate. If you just go position by position I think it's pretty clear across the board: LT Joe Alt in '22 was better...

ND's deal is only through 2029, so roughly 5 years, and then negotiations for a new deal will have to be made. JS said media deals are going to be for shorter terms for the foreseeable future.

Congrats to Michael Stonebreaker who was officially inducted into the CFB HOFTue night.

Actually, it was Bama unexpectedly beating UG that knocked ND/ACC out of contention for the Reliaquest Bowl. If UG had won, we were pretty much guaranteed that bowl, but when Bama won that somehow knocked ND/ACC out of contention and that spot went to a B1G team (UW). I don't know the specific...

The goal isn't to be at 4. I never tried to make that point. The hope is to be at 4 but that's not the goal. The goal is to give yourself the best chance to have at least 3. QBs transfer frequently. It's going to happen and that was true before the transfer portal. The scenarios I gave you are...

I believe the II guys said the rule has changed and this will be the 1st year that Senior Bowl players with eligibility can still opt to go back to school after the game.

In case anyone is in the mood for a positive rumor...

So let's say MF doesn't bring a transfer in, Angeli wins the starting job and Minchey doesn't see a path to starting in the next couple of years and decides to transfer. We'd then have Angeli and Carr as our only 2 scholarship QBs and if one gets hurt ND is in a very tight spot for the rest of...

If you are going to ask rhetorical questions then so will I. Why would Swarbrick confirm the buyout was the obstacle when the actual obstacle was the other party he was dealing with was being deceptive? I never said JS confirmed the "price" of the buyout was the obstacle. I just said he...

Yes, it is for the reasons I gave. Also, Sampson reported the details of Ludwig's contract were already public. Swarbrick is savvy but it would not at all be savvy to agree the buyout was the obstacle when the actual obstacle was the party he was negotiating with was being deceptive. If the...

The problem is that's a bullshit story. We know it's a bullshit story because Swarbrick agreed that the early reporting about the buyout being the obstacle that prevented a deal was accurate. There's no getting around that. If the real story is Ludwig was actually the real obstacle - that his...

That may have been true - that the buyout was higher than ND expected - but that just means JS and company screwed up the vetting process. Sampson reported after the debacle that the details of Ludwig's contract, including his buyout, were public long before he interviewed. Local Utah beat...

This was already explained in this thread, but no, that is not an ND rule. We've taken undergrad transfers before (Alohi, Amir Carlisle) but it doesn't happen often because ND makes it hard to transfer credits in from other schools. That hasn't changed. Leonard is from Duke. His credits will...